Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , 15 November 2005

The clinico-radiologic properties of deep small basal ganglia infarction: Lacune or small striatocapsular infarction?

  • San Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Neurology, Kang-Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Hee Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Neurology, Kang-Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Seok-Beom Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Neurology, Kang-Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung-Ho Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Byung-Chul Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Neurology, Kang-Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Kang-Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 948-1, Daerim-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 1550-950, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 829 5126; fax: +82 2 847 1617.

Received 20 October 2004 ,Revised 13 June 2005 ,Accepted 14 June 2005.

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PII: S0022-510X(05)00225-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.06.007

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , 15 November 2005

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